Cutting carbon emissions – it can be as elementary as keeping girls in school.

• This year’s state of the world’s population report by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) shows that improving the education and health of young women directly affects climate change.
• Girls and women who stay in school and have access to reproductive health services have lower fertility rates, contributing to slower growth in carbon emissions.
• In Canada, the UNFPA report will be released November 18 in conjunction with Action Canada for Population and Development.
• ACPD is working with others to encourage Canada’s government to continue to fund our commitment to reproductive rights around the world and put maternal and child health on the 2010 G8/G20 Summit agenda in Huntsville, Ontario.
• Like all taxpayers, we want the government to think hard about how it spends our money. Investing in women’s health and education can have a direct impact on climate change.

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Canadian Media Launch, STATE OF THE WORLD POPULATION 2009

Location:

Charles Lynch Press Theatre, Room 130-S, Centre Block, Parliament Buildings

Time:

10:30 a.m., Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Presenters:

Katherine McDonald, Executive Director, ACPD

Neil Ford, Chief, Media and Communications Branch, UNFPA

Hon. Raymonde Folco (Lib., Laval-Les Îsles), Chair, Canadian Association of Parliamentarians for Population and Development